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Speedy Copilot makes for you the steps normally done by the first officer and pilot monitoring,
when you are pilot flying and captain of an Airbus A319 or A321.
The Flight Crew Operating Manual of the Airbus makes a clear separation between actions from the left hand
seat and the right hand seat. With this plugin designed for FlyWithLua, you endorse the role of the captain
and Pilot Flying. The purpose of the plugin is to automate First Officer actions per the Airbus FCOM.
We hope to provide a simple solution (a solution without technical hassle, simple to install and maintain...)
yet powerful and freeware.
It was tested with the following software (version numbers are important) :
– Windows 10(R) ;
– X-plane 11.31-11.41 ;
– FlyWithLua 2.7.11 NG (2.7.22 was proven to work well also);
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How to use Speedy Copilot for Toliss
The copilot is doing the FCOM procedures (not checklists) . At the end of each procedure, we suggest
that you run on your own the according checklist. Please see in the table below how to sequence the various
flows from cockpit preparation to parking procedure.
◊ PRELIMINARY COCKPIT PREP until APU In the ISCS, call external power.
◌ PRELIMINARY COCKPIT PREP after APU Parking brake to ON. (Auto. if BRK was already set).
◊ TAXI flow after flight controls check Perform flight controls check. Roll, Pitch and Yaw.
◊ Apron entry (lights and doors) Request with on-screen action (2 min after landing)
◊ PARKING procedure until turn around state Parking brake ON and BEACON light OFF.
◊ End of leg, preparation for next leg Press RESET to NEXT LEG.
PF actions trigger the PNF duties. The Secure procedure is not scripted.
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Installation
Main component
1/ Please install FlyWithLua first. Speedy Copilot works with “FlyWithLua 2.7.11 NG”.
2/ Extract the Speedy Copilot T319 archive content on top of previous files. Once installed you need the
following files and folders related to FlyWithLua :
3/ Ground Handling is fully managed by Speedy Copilot for ToLiss provided you have installed Ground
Handling Deluxe v.4.230618 or above1. (http://handling.jardesign.org/).
4/ To let Speedy Copilot for ToLiss handle the ground service, please install our custom vehicles set : 2
X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/GndHandling/Sets/Custom/A319withhighfid.set
X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/GndHandling/Sets/Custom/A321withhighfid.set
Limitations
– We have no voice commands to trigger actions. (Remember, we wanted it simple and light).
– The AUTOMATIC RESET function is not linked to the FMGS “phase of flight”. We try to detect instead
a significant attitude (climb, altitude, speed...).
1 It will not work with old versions of JAR's Ground Handling.
2 It will not work with any other handling set because its tightly dependent of the numbering of the vehicles.
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Actions triggers
When Speedy copilot is active, some messages will be shown at the bottom of the screen during the progress
of the flight. For instance a welcome message is displayed a few seconds before being automatically erased.
Some events must be triggered with on-screen actions. You
must click inside the circle in order to start the next
procedure.
Crew communications
In Speedy Copilot for ToLiss, all interphone communications
are handled by the first officer. He will tune up his service
interphone to be able to receive calls from the ground crew
about Low Pressure Air or GPU and wheel chocks. He will also
tune up the cabin interphone because the cabin crew would
like to double his CIDS Cabin Ready signal by a call to the flight
deck.
The service interphone is broadcasted through the
loudspeaker. You can adjust the volume of the interphone with
the first officer loudspeaker volume knob (i.e. the right-side
loudspeaker).
Cabin address
Cabin crew is handled by Speedy Copilot for ToLiss without
user intervention according to phase of flight.
You can listen to the cabin Public Address and inflight
entertainment when you explore the cabin.
UNLOCK the cockpit door to jump into a passenger seat.
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Cabin Ready
During the taxi to take off runway, the flight attendants have to report "Cabin Ready" to the cockpit crew.
They can directly call the flight deck. In modern variants or retrofitted aircraft, there is a touchscreen in the
cabin, namely the Flight Attendant Panel, which is used to signal “Cabin ready” to the captain. This flat
display is part of the Cabin Intercommunication Data System (CIDS).
This indication is, on those more modern
variants only, reported on the ECAM. When the
“Cabin Ready” button is pressed on the flat
display in the cabin, the ECAM line “CABIN
READY” becomes green, and the Take Off test
can be achieved.
With Speedy Copilot, the cabin crew will
report “cabin ready” both vocally on the
interphone and with the CIDS. However, as the cabin duties are simulated, do not expect the cabin to be
ready in a few minutes. Factors such as the number of
passengers will affect the time required to secure the
cabin.
Synchronized FD
The opposite side FD is synchronized with yours. Within
a few seconds, the other crew member will press his FD
button too.
Ground services
Ground Handling and door servicing is managed by Speedy Copilot for ToLiss without user intervention.
Provided you have installed a recent edition of Ground Handling Deluxe (http://handling.jardesign.org/). It is
also mandatory to install our own custom vehicles set.
To activate the automatic handling, please open the options menu.
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Flaps schedule
If you have set the following option, then the copilot will trigger flaps and gear during takeoff and approach.
The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction
handle. and extension on schedule, during take off and later in
approach, as if under your command.
By default is always ON at Speedy Copilot T319 load.
During the approach, simply manage the aircraft speed and attitude. The PNF will naturally deploy flaps and
slats in response to the deceleration.
The picture above shows that when your aircraft is approaching :
– Green Dot, Flaps 1 is deployed ;
In theory your FO is conservative and you should be always below the V FE NEXT at the time of each next flap
deployment3. If the copilot is a little late to your opinion in a specific situation, you don't necessarily have
to wait for him. You can also take over and deploy manually yourself the flaps and gear to smooth things in
regard to your local conditions.
On the other hand, if you want to delay flaps extension you can go to speed selected and keep above green
dot, S or F speeds.
In some editions of Speedy Copilot we use a flaps table hard encoded into our code, in other editions like
here in Speedy Copilot 319, we take the speed values computed from the FMGS in real time.
3 V FE is the maximum speed with the slats or flaps extended. Therefore The aim of the V FE NEXT is to remind the flight
crew the maximum speed at which they can extend the next Slats/Flaps configuration during approach.
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Options
Options are set in a menu accessible via Plugin → FlyWithLua → FlywithLua Macros → Show menu
Or move your mouse over the bottom right corner of the screen then press [Options].
Hide / show
all messages
on screen
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Options (continued)
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Speedy Copilot is active. Turn ON/OFF the PNF and the flight following.
▲ Speedy Copilot will be reset when turned ON.
By default active.
The PNF sets FLAPS and moves the GEAR The Pilot Monitoring will handle gear and flaps retraction
handle. and extension on schedule, during take off and later in
approach, as if under your command.
Not persistent.
The PNF delays the APU on departure (airport The APU start is postponed (usually to comply with
regulations) environmental regulations) until before start flow. When you
deactivate this option, the PNF follows more closely the
FCOM : the APU is started earlier.
The PNF starts the APU after landing At any moment but at the latest during landing, you can tell
to F/O to start the APU in after landing.
The PNF releases PARK BRK with chocks Usually when chocks are in place, parking brake is released
(FCOM 3.03.25). However, this is inactive by default because
By default inactive for compatibility with AutoGate
third-parties like JAR GHD and AutoGate animated jetways
and JAR Ground Handling Deluxe. The PNF needs will stay attached to the aircraft only if the parking brake is
your authorization. kept set.
The PNF calls 'rotate' You can silence rotate call on takeoff (Note : V1 is said by the
aircraft systems, not the PNF).
Low pressure air requested when on stand You can request a pre-conditionned air unit. Normally you
coordinate via interphone so as to not have both the Packs
Only available with APU BLEED off.
and LP air providing the mixer unit simultaneously.
Conditioned air provided can be seen on the COND page :
the duct temperature indication should show a comfortable
temperature.
The PNF minimises landing lights usage If the FO minimises landing lights usage, landing lights will be
extended with the takeoff clearance then retracted early in
climb after flaps retraction. Otherwise, landing lights will be
turned on during runway entry then always be out and ON
below FL100.
High altitude landing When active, the F/O will be allowed to extend flaps below
8000 ft AGL (instead of 6000 ft) and landing gear can be
Not persistent.
lowered below 4000 ft AGL (instead of 2500 ft). This might
help in mountainous areas.
Noise abatement altitudes This is a calculator which will display on your screen advisory
pressure altitudes during the cockpit preparation, in order to
complete the MCDU. But it does not enter them in the
MCDU automatically.
Use JARdesign Ground Handling Deluxe You will be serviced by the GHD airstairs and by service
vehicles. Turn that option to ON only if you have Ground
Handling Deluxe version 4 or above.
Service at left forw. door : airstairs or bridge If a jetway is attached to the 1L door and you use GHD, GHD
stairs can be removed.
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Adapt VHFs to online network (and When selecting MIC COM1 on any audio control panel, this
transponder OFF during taxi) will tune X-Ivap VHF1, the same for VHF2, but you will loose
ToLiss lights on the ACP.
By default active.
Transponder OFF during taxi Transponder is kept OFF when taxiing as ruled by IVAO.
When this option is not selected, transponder is ON as
By default active.
required in real life on modern airports from push-back until
parking procedure.
Activate "Quick Glance" When active, when you look towards approach path and
runway area or when you turn a landing light on, the PNF
By default active.
starts the runway entry flow. When inactive, only the light
will signal the runway entry to the PNF.
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Compatibility with animated jetways (Autogate)
Usually when chocks are in place, parking brake is released. On the other hand in X-Plane animated jetways
made with the AutoGate plugin will be attached to the aircraft only if the parking brake is set. At anytime,
on ground or on flight, you can tell the PNF to refrain touching the PARK BRK handle when chocks are set.
The PNF releases PARK BRK with chocks Usually when chocks are in place, parking brake is released
(FCOM 3.03.25). However, this is inactive by default because
By default inactive for compatibility with AutoGate
third-parties like JAR GHD and AutoGate animated jetways
and JAR Ground Handling Deluxe. The PNF needs will stay attached to the aircraft only if the parking brake is
your authorization. kept set.
“Skip flaps” You can delay the flaps extension for takeoff.
After engine start, a message offering to skip flaps extension will briefly
SKIP appear (during a few seconds only typically). If you click, that will delay
the flaps extension until cabin is ready. If you don't, flaps will be
FLAPS extended as per normal procedure a few seconds after the message
disappears.
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Before takeoff “ Quick Glance ” trigger
If you look at the procedure, you will first see the step below :
APPROACH CLEAR OF TRAFFIC...................................CHECK (PF + PNF)
Therefore, upon runway entry, the first thing to do is to check approach path and the runway.
Once the taxi procedure is finished, Speedy Copilot 320 will monitor your head direction. To begin before
takeoff procedure, move you head towards both port side and starboard side, in any order but within 5
seconds 4.
Directing your look towards the two areas will trigger the runway entry flow.
However, you can also use the (less compliant to FCOM) legacy trigger, which is setting a landing light on
(normally the job of the PNF).
You can disable Quick Glance as before takeoff trigger in the options to only retain the legacy trigger.
4 If you look at the two directions successively in an elapsed time longer than this few seconds, Speedy Copilot will not
recognize this as the runway and approach check behavior. This is done to avoid (or at least limit) false runway
entries during taxi.
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Updates
Version 1 from 2019-08-09
First release based on Version 4.5 from 2019-08-07 of Speedy Copilot 320.
Version 1.1 from 2019-08-12
* Corrected a bug in secondary sounds handling.
Version 1.2 from 2019-09-08
* Ground handling set reworked (bus route remade to avoid
pop-up effect when called) * The copilot now enters the ZFW 50
f(x) = 1,0937005836x - 3,8951746388
40
Runway entry legacy trigger fixed (landing lights are able to ZFW CG
ZFW CG
35
Linéaire (ZFW CG)
trigger the runway entry procedures, instead of the “quick 30
when climbing after taking off with TA only (a logical safety net 20
20 25 30 35 40 45 50
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• Separated VHF adaptation to online network IVAO and transponder mode adaptation to online
network in two separate options. This gives more flexiblity for the end user.
• Activation of Ground Handling functions now protected : we will not try to load those actions when it
seems Ground Handling by JARDesign is not installed.
Version 1.8 from 2020-02-26
• Added A321 variant, including CG and TRIM numbers that the FO inputs in the MCDU during
preflight. The same script and options are in use for both the 319 and the 321
• New option "The PNF minimises landing lights usage". : you will be able to adjust your SOP for drag
reduction instead of visibility till FL100.
• New option "Mute cabin PA related sounds (not persistent).". : you will be able to use your favourite
passenger add-on instead.
• Reworked GUI : undockable window.
• New on-screen trigger to delay takeoff flaps extension far later after engine start, for a better
compatibility with passenger addons.
Version 1.9 from 2020-03-03
• The door position for catering for the rear wasn't opening or closing in the A321 [SOLVED]
• Critical bug corrected : when flying on IVAO it is now possible again to set a frequency via the IVAO
client Altitude or directly in the radio panel. The frequency jumped from xxx,xx5 to xxx,xx0.
Version 2.0 from 2020-03-08
• Some users had dramatic drop of the frame rate when using the new graphical interface (undockable
window with embedded pictures). Now you have a fallback to the legacy menu, which solved the
issue for those users so far.
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Version 2.1 from 2020-03-14
• Added hidden options. Hidden options can be made apparent to allow desynchronizing the FO-side
flight director from the captain side FD. Also in the hidden options, you can tell the FO to skip
resetting the VHFs frequency during the cockpit preparation flow. Instead of deactivating it, you can
also change the preset frequency used at this step. All details in the Q&A in the PDF manual.
• Major rework of the take off and climb sequence taking accurately into account actual THR RED and
ACC altitudes set in the MCDU, as well as actual F and S speeds.
Version 2.2 from 2020-03-19
• The minimum callout at MDA is in real life a customer option and the ToLiss Airbusses don’t have it
installed. So we use now the PNF to do the callout on the barometric minimum altitude. This is from
the APPR PERF PAGE.
Version 2.3 from 2020-09-03
• The script acts on load on the flight deck door Lock button in order to avoid jumping in the passenger
cabin at initial load, when the button is already into the “unlock” position.
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Q&A
Q. What altitude and speed will begin the flaps extension on approach?
Answer.
The above picture described the Speedy Copilot for ToLiss mecanism. However, you can find and edit your
preferred schedule in the first lines of the Lua script, as reproduced below. Flaps extension is also dependent
of your altitude above ground level (AGL) : if you are too high, the F/O won't deploy the flaps.
-- Set your approach speeds in knots here to take over MCDU values
local app_speed_is_manual = 0 -- default is 0, set to 1 to take over
flaps1_app_speed = 230 -- initial value : 230
flaps2_app_speed = 190 -- initial value : 190
flapsAPP_app_speed = 170 -- initial value : 170 (F3 or full)
Q. Is it possible to deactivate the radio tuning by the FO during the preparation flow ? It seems it has
undesirable effect to me on VATSIM.
Answer. The FO tunes COM1 and COM2 to 122.800 only once during the cockpit preparation procedure and
never again. That feature is coded in order to avoid any effect on third-party plugins. But if you really want to
deactivate this step of the cockpit preparation flow, please show the hidden options. To do so, look for the
line “local TL_Show_supplementary_options = "deactivate"” and change it to “local
TL_Show_supplementary_options = "activate"” in Speedy Copilot main script. Reset FlyWithLua scripts, and
then in the Speed Copilot for ToLiss menu, untick the option “ The PNF resets VHF frequencies during the
cockpit preparation”.
You can also keep the option but indicate your prefered frequency. To do so, look for the line “local
presetFrequency = 12280 -- hz.” and change it to your liking in Speedy Copilot main script.
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Q. How to tell the copilots to set FLAPS 3 for landing (instead of FLAPS Full) ?
Answer. You can tell to F/O that a FLAPS 3 landing is planned by configuring the overhead GPWS FLAPS
3LDG switch to ON during the descent preparation !
Q. Every time the PNF finishes his after start flow, it seems stopped. How can I
pass this ?
Answer. The PNF does indeed the after-start procedure (ground spoilers, flaps, ECAM door page). You should
perform the after-start checklist on your own at this point. Then, the very first item of the PF flow is to put
the taxi-light ON. The PNF will keep silent, but that triggers the taxi flow for him. One of the significant item
that comes next is the flight controls check (see the QRH "taxi procedure").
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4- The F/O is then supposed to do the same check silently (side stick only)
If it happens that you don’t have a rudder (hard to fly the FFA320 without it, but...), the auto-coordination
will make the rudder move at the same time you move the stick for Roll. And the FCTL CHECK routine will fail
and the script cannot continue. My suggestion is to make sure you have auto coordination turned off for this
very Airplane, that can be done in the Joystick setting by setting damping to 0% on all the axes.
Be advised that you have an option to disable the rudder FCTL CHECK (only the rudder check) for those not
equipped with rudder.
Q. With Speedy Copilot, I can change com channels on IVAO, but not in the native ToLiss 1.3.3 ?
We took care of that. With Speedy Copilot for ToLiss, when you select COM1 or COM2 on your ACP, this has
an impact on the VHF1 and VHF2 as required, in contrast of ToLiss 1.3.3 simplified audio control.
Q. Unfortunately i am not able to use this great addon together with the FlyAgi Tweak Utility. Any tips what i
can change within FlyAgi to make these 2 plugins work together?
User JeB1952 edited the script to change all occurrences of the speedbrake_ratio variable to SPEEDBRAKE for
compatibility with FLYAGI, he said. There is still a problem as the lights don't switch when running flyagi,
JeB1952 said. You need to make search and replace of the text string and change all occurrences (except
one : the datareference) in Speedy Copilot script.
dataref("speedbrake_ratio","sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio","writable") becomes
dataref("SPEEDBRAKE","sim/cockpit2/controls/speedbrake_ratio","writable"), but no promises it will work. I
don't garanty compatibility with other plugins.
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Q. The Ground handling comes out of sync sometimes. Can we solve this ?
You can resync the ground handling in two clicks.
The method is to :
1) open the JARdesign control panel ;
2) click “Hide”.
That's it !
The ground services should start to redispatch themselves to the correct phase handling.
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Media
The following sound tracks are included with Speedy Copilot 320.
Title : Journey's Reflection
Author : Darren Curtis
Source : https://darrencurtis.bandcamp.com, https://www.auboutdufil.com/index.php?id=499
License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr
Producer
Speedy Copilot T319 is a product from Aérographe.
Speedy Copilot is released
under the french Etalab
Open Licence 2.0 and
qualifies as free software.
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